Card in a Box

Hi Stampers!

So I just had to try the card in the box I posted a link to on Friendly Friday, and I love it!  Here's how mine turned out:

 

I used Crumb Cake cardstock for the base, Season of Style Designer Series Paper, the Festive Flurry stamp set and coordinating framelits, a little Cherry Cobbler 1" Grosgrain Ribbon and the sentiment is from Joyful Christmas.  On the video all of the measurements are in centimetres, but our Stampin' Up! paper cutters have all of the measurements in both centimetres and inches, so that was no problem.  Our paper is half an inch shorter, so using her measurements there is no tab.  Instead I used a piece of scrap glued to both edges on the inside to hold the box together.  Here's a view from of the side:

 

Do you love it too?  It takes a bit longer than the cards I usually post, but the extra time certainly pays off when someone opens it and all those flaps pop open!  When this card is flat it is larger than a standard card, so I used my Envelope Punch Board to make a 6" x 6 1/2" envelope with Crumb Cake card stock. 

This was a very satisfying way to pass an afternoon, I recommend giving it a try when you have a little time for stamping set aside. 

Go stamp something!

Diane

So Much News!

Hi Stampers!

I've been off my computer fighting a cold for the past week, and there have been tons of announcements from Stampin' Up!

 

1.) From now until October 21st you can join the Stampin' Up! family for only $25!  This has never happened before.

 

If  you like the idea of a 20% discount on your favorite products and a chance to earn extra cash, along with tons of exclusive creative ideas at your fingertips and no strings attached, message me for more information!

2.) Weekly Deal Surprise!               

SU! will be offering a weekly deal in the online store that will change every Tuesday. Check out the deal every Tuesday and place their order right away for these great, discounted products as weekly deals will be offered while supplies last! The discount will appear in your shopping bag when you check out.

This weeks deals are:

Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $9.95	Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack Price: $10.95	Festive Paper-Piercing Pack Price: $10.95	Petite Curly Label Punch Price: $15.95
Squares Collection Framelits Dies Price: $32.95	Today & Everyday Designer Photobook Template - Digital Download Price: $16.50

 

3. Our new Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags come in a booklet of 70+ tags in five designs--created from our existing punch and die shapes. These tags coordinate with the Season of Style products in the 2013 holiday catalog.

 

 

There are a few different options to choose from depending on your needs:

Item Description Price 134975    Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Book $11.95   134623       Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set $16.95 135921          Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Bundle includes Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Book  Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set $22.95 135290       Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Starter Bundle includes Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Book  Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Spot Clear Block C $27.95
Hopefully I haven't missed anything!  If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Go stamp something! Diane

 



Envelope Punch Board Love

Hi Stampers!

This punch board is the coolest new tool!  I've only had a couple of hours to play with it but I love it!!  Of course it makes beautiful, polished looking envelopes out of any type of paper you like, but you can also make boxes, scrapbooks, and cards with little tabs that look like file folders!  I followed Patty Bennett's tutorial (that I shared on Friendly Friday) and made this pocket card that holds a simple ornament:

 

The base is a 5-1/2 x 6 piece of Early Espresso cardstock, lined with DSP from the Season of Style Paperstack. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas from Tags 4 You is stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the Label Bracket Punch.  (you can get these in a bundle and save!)  That cute tab you see on the Early Espresso cardstock is made with one of the punches on the new amazing Envelope Punch Board!  Add it to your must have list now!!

 

The ornament is made with the Daydream Medallions stamp set inked with the Silver Metallic Encore Pad, stamped onto Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White cardstock.  The layers are cut out with the Floral Frames Framelits Dies and the Big Shot. Noel is from Greetings of the Season and the hanger is made with some Silver 1/8" Ribbon from the Holiday Catalogue.  Doesn't it make you want to start preparing for the holidays?

Go stamp something!

Diane

Stamping 101

Hi Stampers,
Today I want to show you the two cards we made at Stamping 101 last night!  The first card we made was a Christmas card: 

 I know you think it's a little early, but it's good to get thinking about these things before the time crunch, when you have the time to enjoy the process.  Wondering where we got that bow?  Paper bows are all the rage right now, and we made ours with a 2" x 4" piece of DSP and an oval punch.  You simply punch out 4 ovals, fold two of them in half (but a soft fold with no crease) to be the loops, cut a notch out of the other two to make the tails of your 'ribbon', glue them all together with Tombo liquid glue or glue dots, then glue a little 1/4" strip around the centre.  Cute! 

We used the Santa image from the Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp set, Tag It. 

We also used Season of Style DSP for the bow and the strip on the left with the tiny triangles.  The card stock colours are Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive.  The Cherry Cobbler piece is run through the big shot with the Stripes textured embossing folder.  Are you also wondering how we got the Whisper White layer that shape?  This stamp set is designed to coordinate with the Chalk Talk Framelits, but I don't have those yet, so we used a framelit from the Lablels Collection and trimmed off the sides a little:



See how we just snipped that bracket shape off the sides?  Sometimes you need to find a way to work with what you have!

 

For our second card we used everyone's new favourite product, washi tape!!

We used seven different designs from the Season of Style, Witches' Brew and Epic Day collections.  We started with the centre newsprint design piece and worked out from there.  This is really fast because you just stick and rip, and because it's not supposed to look perfect, it's even more fun! 

Then we used a framelit from the Apothecary Accents Framelits and the Big Shot to cut out the window and stamped a sentiment from the Feel Goods stamp set on the front of the card base with Jet Black StazOn ink.  LOVE this stamp set!  We used the stamp-a-ma-jig to help us line up the image in the window.  A few dimensionals on the washi tape layer, two candy dots from the neutrals collection and we were done!  Quick and cute with a nice WOW factor!

Thanks to the girls who came to stamp with me last night, it was fun to catch up!  And thanks to you for stopping by the blog today.

Go stamp something!
Diane